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Contributor Matt Thrift

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Festivals

What to see at New Horizons Film Festival 2017

by Matt Thrift

Poland’s biggest art­house extrav­a­gan­za returns with a spe­cial trib­ute to Jacques Rivette.
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Interviews

Tales From the Darkside: An interview with George A Romero

by Matt Thrift

The hor­ror mae­stro reflects on his unique and remark­able career in this pre­vi­ous­ly unpub­lished interview.
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Top Ranking

The 30 greatest car chase scenes in movie history

by Matt Thrift

How many of these pulse-quick­en­ing set pieces have you seen?
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Review

Miss Sloane

by Matt Thrift

Jes­si­ca Chas­tain takes it to The Man in this House of Cards‑y dra­ma about polit­i­cal lobbying.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

In praise of Philippe Garrel, unsung hero of the French New Wave

by Matt Thrift

The direc­tor has been pro­duc­ing casu­al mas­ter­pieces since 1964.
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Review

The Lost City of Z

by Matt Thrift

James Gray chan­nels Joseph Con­rad in this immac­u­late­ly-craft­ed but lack­lus­tre epic.

5
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Kong to Kong: The complete screen history of cinema’s greatest monster

by Matt Thrift

We take an exhaus­tive look back at the ups and downs of this icon­ic movie simian.
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Interviews

Paul Verhoeven: ‘Hollywood thinks audiences are stupid’

by Matt Thrift

The out­spo­ken Dutch film­mak­er dis­cuss­es his tri­umphant return to cin­e­ma, Elle.
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Review

John Wick: Chapter 2

by Matt Thrift

Though not as svelte as before, Chad Sta­hel­s­ki and Keanu Reeves still deliv­er big with this awe­some action-ballet.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Interviews

Paul Schrader: ‘In the ’70s it wasn’t that the films were better, it was the audiences’

by Matt Thrift

The vet­er­an Hol­ly­wood mav­er­ick talks Dog Eat Dog, Scors­ese and the chal­lenges of mod­ern moviemaking.